Hillel for Utah
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 821577447
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2019–2022
- Official website data refreshed
- Jun 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2022, Form 990-EZ 2018, Form 990-N 2016
- Location
- Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
- Phone
- 801-581-0098 ext. 106
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Affiliation
- Judaism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $211,435
- Expenses
- $312,328
- Assets
- $2,518
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DANA TUMPOWSKY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- DANA TUMPOWSKY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $91,474 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Hillel for Utah serves Jewish students across Utah through Jewish educational programming, cultural activities, campus support, leadership opportunities, and efforts to counter antisemitism on college campuses. “Coming from a town with a very small Jewish community, Hillel for Utah and specifically JLF gave me a sense of belonging within the Jewish community that I’ve never had before. Connecting with other students and exploring each of our Jewish identities was so powerful. It reaffirmed that while everyone’s Judaism is different, we all support one another’s experiences and journeys.” "Through Hillel's learning opportunities, like the Jewish Learning Fellowship (JLF), I push myself to find new meanings, create deeper understandings, and become an advocate for my community." JFNA Jewish Changemakers.
What it reported doing in 2022
Springboard ezra fellowship - third-year extension: the extension of the springboard ezra fellowship has provided the director, a solo professional, with a staff member prepared to provide jewish education through regular programming as well as work with student leaders and others on engagement. This fellowship has allowed the executive director to focus on administration and community relations, fundraising, the board of directors, and strategic planning.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 48% for direct work, and 52% for grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 78
- Transparency & Controls: 88
- Accountability: 84
- Sustainability: 14
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 88.1%; rating input score 88
- Program expense ratio: 59.6%; rating input score 60
- Fundraising efficiency: $106.5 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 97.2%; rating input score 97; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -47.7%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.01; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 29.3%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 39.3% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 9.2% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 9.4% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 3 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 88.1% of revenue deployed · 59.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $186K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $91K · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 24 of 25 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2019 to 2022
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 6/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 12/100.